Anger Over Bomb Hurled At Belfast Police Car
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Anger Over Bomb Hurled At Belfast Police Car
Anger Over Bomb Hurled At Belfast Police Car
The blast near Belfast's City Cemetery is described as a "throwback to terrorists trying to embarrass Northern Ireland".
An explosive device was thrown at a police vehicle in Belfast, just hours after a separate car bomb was found a few miles away.
A Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) spokesman said the officers targeted had escaped serious injury following the attack near the City Cemetery in the west of the city.
Paramedics treated up to four members of the public for shock but no one was badly hurt.
A PSNI spokesman said: "Police in west Belfast have escaped serious injury tonight after an explosive device detonated close to their vehicle on the Falls Road.
"The incident occurred shortly before 10.30pm close to the entrance of the City Cemetery.
"It is believed some form of explosive device was thrown at their vehicle."
SDLP councillor Claire Hanna tweeted: "Hoping no serious injuries following explosion. Throwback (to) terrorists reduced to trying to embarrass Northern Ireland over St Patrick's. Get off our backs."
The City Cemetery, at the junction of Falls Road and Whiterock Road, is one of Belfast's oldest public cemeteries.
Police in Northern Ireland have been urged to tighten personal security measures after a separate under-car bomb was found a relatively short distance away from City Cemetery on Friday morning.
It fell from the vehicle and failed to explode, and even though the target has not been positively identified, the PSNI has not ruled out the possibility it was meant for one of their officers.
The device was discovered at Blacks Road, a busy route close to the M1 not far from Woodbourne police station.
Dissident republicans have been blamed for planting the bomb in what appears to have been a deliberate attempt to embarrass Northern Ireland First Minister
Peter Robinson and deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, who are in Washington to meet senior members of the Obama administration as part of St Patrick's Day celebrations.
http://news.sky.com/story/1226358/anger-over-bomb-hurled-at-belfast-police-car
Poor N.Ireland, no matter how hard the majority try, will they ever have peace?
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